Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-02-18
An Arrangement of Mr.. Aver.
OLYMPIA, Feb. l.. lNN1

test CA hi- part against the thoughts
therein set forth. - lar ~ what l.
ell, " pressed in the tltl''" ri the
letter nave nothing /" >av; tlt
when NJ. Aver proceeds I" tell M m!4
dntu a. a cificra. when M assumes To
speak t. intelligent wnm.n-wumcn
at Whose i.,t h. might we'll ii a. Il l.ll-
ril in political cc"nuIny-whcn h AS
>um,.S IT, speak to th'>r on orhali oi
fiInkjau mem and utter a. one having
authority such sentiments H. arr con-
tanned in his letter ri TIN. llth, ] for
one i,,l it /" h. my duty H. Il man to
rcpudiatr for ma~,f 1T lri,t such ideas,
and, 80 lar IL in N" lis. IT, rriutr his
teaching.
/ He tells us that the granting OF " wo-
man suffrage l. Il confession that man
is unable To- WELD the strong arm Of
government himself" deny this
What is said and what every thinking
man knows To- be- the truth is this ::
I That this Government l. IL develop
mrnt from something lower; better in
fact than those from which it grew.
but not perfect. There Is something
higher and better to which We have
that When we are perfect W. will
need no change
He tells lis that ii j. mans duty tn
provide food. cl"thiny. hrlttr. (and
brains IL" doubt i'll hi> "l'. lion) i"r tn.
! female sen This id,a-tht idea that
the woman who scorn> To be- DEEPEN
! dent upon any one Is unwomanly is
the cause of wrecked fortunes, ruined
homes and blasted lives What Mr.
Aver and his ilk want first to learn is
that all honest Labor i enn"hling.
| That iilrnc>S is di>yracc;:ll in woman
as we'll H. man. That the woman who
! dawdlrs away her time in IdlcncSs sup
/ ported 10y some one else l. ~ far below
her sister who earns her own living in
the workshops or at the wtshtuh, as is
earth below heaven.
The people OF this land, at least have
recognized this truth and, in spite OF
old-fOgvi>m, have thrown open to wo-
man every field OF labor that man oc-
cupieS, every profession that man fills,
/ anu SstNi W. ll'-I w IltlI III
health You have the same rights, the
same privileges, the same duties that
your brother has God has given You
health and intellect. Use them. Be
Il toy no longer, he Il woman-a help
mate to man. Lift him up, do not
drag him down"
Are American women less pure be-
| 6 1
less happy? The old Greek civiliza-
ton said that the womanly woman"
should remain in ignorancc-only the
courtcsan was cultured She only
could understand the wise men of her
country. For a woman to become
cultured in the ancient Greek rcpuh-
lies was to announce herself courtc-
san. Does Mr. Aver wish like state
Of society here? Greek civilization
fdIcd. The writer is but little ac-
qlaintcd in Thurston county, but he
has been acquainted with one OF its
W0mrnln W0mCn for several years who
| If she chose could teach Mr. Aver for
years in the science oi government,
and he suspects that her vote has al
ways been nearer right than MIR.
Ayers.
But Mr.. Aver SAYS that the question
of voting is not one of intellect. Ii
the duties of the elective franchise are
not purely intellectual duties, will Mr..
Aver write another letter and tell us
what else is required to hr able to vote
tight except To think right. And then
Mr.. Aver says, Peace is not the ma
t,iral state OF society," and we infer
from what follows that he thinks that
if We We're all as we'll Informed on the
weakness Of the Government as he is.
we would all hc cutting each others
Threats. Does he think we are all
criminals? All traitors to this our
fathcrland?
And finally he says: "Not one wo-
manly womun who can call one manly
man her friend will ever ask to take
upon herself the duties of govern
ment." Insult unutferoblr! If this
sentence is the fruit of Mr.. Ayers
manly manlincss, thank God that !
am not IL monIy men. ! would blush
and hang my head in shame to think
myself such.
The letter, on the whole, was as UNI
called for, Il piece of impudencc ON
MIR. Ayers part as WAS his letter to
church-going people some months ago.
" 1t should he the duty of every man
to protest against the passage of any
female suffrage law hcreaftcr." The
writer and the public may well in
Iuire Who is this young Daniel come
to judgment" Upon what meat
hath this our Caesar fed that he hath
grown SO great" Where did he ac-
qulre his immense fund of knowledge
that he is able to discourse so learned
~ upon the duties of citizenship? Has
his beard grown gray in public service,
that he sees with rracticed eye the
dangers with which the innovation of
1883 is fraIght? DO his grandchild-
rem cluster around his knee ut dusky
cventidc, and have the joys and sor-
rows OF long years OF domestic life, en-
ahlcd him to write knowingly upon
the duties of womrnlV Wom"n to their
families? Whence comes all this cf-
fulgencc that he has poured upon the
vcXed question of the hour? Did he
spring Ga male edition of Mincrva) full
armed from the cloven skull Of Jovc?
In conclusion it is to he hoped that
before Mr. Aver again paradcs in public
print upon the duties of womenly
women" he will have lived Il few years
in the society of some Womdnly roman,
and that III such society he may yet
become manly man"
GEORGE NJ. SAVAGE.
Has Progression Ceased?
In the Few words for the Judges in
last weeks STANDARD, the old, old stand
was taken that was worn to slippery